New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 194 Entering the Witches' Door
"Hello."

"Hello."

The next day, in a small room in the mother tree house, Lei Ye was invited to have a face-to-face conversation with the chief elder of the elf tribe.

"So yesterday's meeting and conversation was rather perfunctory, and today's conversation was a more formal one, right?" Lei Ye asked.

"I guess so. It's mainly about what happened last night," the elder said nervously. "I want to confirm that you haven't told anyone about this, right?"

"No," Lei Ye answered immediately, "Not yet."

It's just helping her, why are you so nervous? Lei Ye has seen everything.

He had no interest in gossiping, but the reason he said not yet was because he wanted to bring it up as a joke when he talked about this experience with Buyadi later.

But the Great Elder took on a different meaning when he heard these words, and his expression changed slightly.

"What do you want?"

What do you want?
Oh, I see. Maybe she thought I was using this to blackmail her.

Lei Ye leaned back, folded his arms and said nothing.

If the other party thinks this is a threat, then just treat it as a threat. Lei Ye didn't say anything, wanting to judge the importance of this matter to them through the other party's performance.

Seeing Lei Ye's silence, the Great Elder also remained silent. During the confrontation, Lei Ye suddenly showed a hint of a winning smile, and then the Great Elder panicked.

"It won't do you any good if this gets out. What's the point of doing something that hurts others and doesn't benefit yourself?" She took out a few large gold coins from her pocket and pushed them to Lei Ye. "Can't you just consider it as a favor and keep this secret for us?"

She gritted her teeth and said, "At most, if this is what you want, I'll accompany you."

What do you mean?
Lei Ye didn't understand this sentence, but while he was stunned, the elder had already stood up and reached out to lift his skirt.

Lei Ye screamed in fear and hurriedly called a halt.

This is not interesting. I have no interest in this XP at all.

He hesitated for a moment and put out a product from the Thunder series.

"Well, I can probably guess why you guys are doing this transformation. After a tour today, I found that the tribe is full of female elves, but... you guys probably don't have the ability to reproduce. If you just want to relieve your loneliness, why not try my new product? I'll give it to you as a gift, but I'm telling you, sister, please don't do this."

Calling someone "sister" is a sign of respect. This elder only looks like a big sister, but it is obvious that she is already an elf grandmother. Lei Ye is really afraid of her. This kind of person is as scary as the super mature woman in the heavy-mouthed novels.

byd looked down and saw that the old man was still wearing white socks.

"No," the elder sat down again, and immediately explained after realizing Lei Ye's misunderstanding, "The physical constitution of the elves is quite special. Generally speaking, they don't need to eliminate loneliness, because only when the seeds of love sprout in the heart will desire manifest in the body. We are not doing this."

Lei Ye didn't hear the following short paragraph.

He quickly understood the meaning of the previous sentence, and then was slightly dazed for a moment.

He instantly realized what Loya's peculiar coldness over the past few years meant.

Ok.

Although he didn't want to recall, he still recalled the beginning of his relationship with Loya. He was a young man who had just turned eighteen and was attracted by a beautiful elf girl from a strange world. This kind of affection was somewhat stupid, as if the little head controlled the big head, but he still decided to take responsibility for such affection and stupidity.

However, judging from the elf's physique and Loya's performance, Loya was not tempted.

Then she can just refuse. If you are not attracted to her, there is no point in accepting her.

Just figure it out. Lei Ye is just happy now that he has figured it out. In his new life, he has someone who is more attractive and more worthy of his affection.

"We have paid so much just for the inheritance of the elves."

When I came back to my senses, the elders were still explaining their psychological process of evolving into Futa.

Lei Ye thought about what she said in his mind. It was probably about using some kind of potion to change the body. Although this change could not directly allow other elves to give birth to offspring, it could at least allow the elven mother tree to produce holy fruit.

When Lei Ye thought about trying the holy fruit of the elves, he felt dizzy. What the hell would that taste like?

For hundreds of years, the elves have relied on the holy fruits produced by the trees they regard as sacred to reproduce. It is said that elves from other tribes come here specifically to ask for the fruits, but they certainly don't know how these holy fruits are produced.

That's why the elders think this will become a threat. If the elves resist the holy fruit, then the continuation of the race will become a big problem.

Compared to this, Lei Ye was more concerned about the potion the elder mentioned.

"That transformation potion you mentioned sounds amazing."

"I guess so. This potion is made to target changes in certain parts of the body. In addition to this use, it can also make the elves' ears disappear. It also comes with a potion that prohibits transformation to ensure that this change will not disappear."

Lei Ye glanced at her chest. Nadori suddenly became agitated, and there was a sense of anger in her violent shaking. Lei Ye rarely felt anger from Nadori, except for the time when they just met five years ago, and the malice she always had towards Loya.

Speaking of potions, Lei Ye immediately thought of Jiejie's alchemy studio, which was the basement of Hillius's big house. That was the place where he last discovered a lot of strange potions, but unlike almost all potions in the world, those potions could even work on high-level demons.

The novelty of the potions here is somewhat similar to those potions, but Lei Ye does not believe that they will be as powerful as those potions.

But the key point is that Lei Ye took a walk around last night and confirmed that there were no alchemists in this tribe.

"So, where can I buy this medicine?" Lei Ye asked again.

"Traveling merchant." The elder answered without hesitation.

Okay, okay, it’s the traveling merchant again, right? The traveling merchant is like Doraemon in the elf tribe. All the good things are brought by the traveling merchant.

He had had enough of such temptations, and today he was going to investigate the whereabouts of the witches. Of course, he would not communicate with the elders. He stood up and prepared to go talk to Hephis.

Seeing him suddenly stand up, the elder seemed a little nervous, but he didn't dare to order him to sit back down, so he asked a few more urgent questions behind him.

"Mr. Lei Ye, I sincerely ask you, why did you come to this forest? We believe that you are friendly, and even if we cannot gain your friendship, we are happy to provide you with some help within our ability. If possible, let's talk it out."

Lei Ye did not stop.

"We have heard about Loya's story. The Great Forest will not interfere in this matter. Elves now yearn for free love, and the elders will also support it. There are no elves like the ancient elves who would kill for chastity, so you don't have to worry about this."

Lei Ye's pace quickened slightly.

"Please keep it a secret, Mr. Lei Ye," the elder's voice became louder as Lei Ye walked away. "By the way, are you still interested in an elf partner? The Great Forest is very supportive of the combination of elves and other races, Mr. Lei Ye!"

Lei Ye trotted away.

He ran all the way to Hephis's forging hut. Physical perversion can lead to psychological perversion to a certain extent, just like the eunuchs in ancient times. These elders are already slightly twisted, and they may not even realize it themselves, but Lei Ye feels the difference between them and the young elves.

At this time, Hephes was forging iron, and in the stuffy little room, there was a clanging sound of metal hitting each other.

It took Lei Ye a while to calm down.

He walked slowly into the room. The dusty furnace was rekindled. Hephes, wearing only shorts and a chest wrap, was swinging a hammer and hitting a large red iron ingot on the anvil.

When she saw Lei Ye coming in, she smiled happily, but she didn't stop hammering with her hands.

The shape of that iron ingot is a bit strange.

"What are you doing, weapons?" Lei Ye asked after looking for a while.

"It's not a weapon. It was made according to a blueprint given by someone else. I don't know what it is, but the money paid is not small. I will have the money to pay you soon." Hephis said cheerfully.

"Drawings? Can I see them?"

Without saying a word, Hephis pointed to a drawing on the side. Lei Ye picked it up and took a look at it, but soon lost interest and threw it aside.

Although Hephis said that he couldn't tell what it was, Lei Ye, as an engineer, quickly understood it because it was just a spare part needed by some magic tool.

"Mom said that there can't be anyone around when I'm working, unless I need to pay for tuition," Hephis said, moving his body to make room for someone next to him. "But since I've already agreed to teach you, you can just stand aside and watch."

Does just watching from the side count as a class?
But come to think of it, is it realistic to expect this silly little girl to teach him a skill? So Lei Ye stood aside and watched silently for a while, shaking his head in disappointment.

This method is too ordinary. Lei Ye expects her to create some weapons with special bonuses, weapons that are more advanced than the Thunder and Fire Sword, and the kind that can come with their own skills or bonuses.

The top blacksmiths in this world are able to create something like the 'Infinity Blade'.

Lei Ye returned to the living room, where there was enough space. He took out his furnace and placed it here.

A so-called engineer only needs to know two things: a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

If it's just about changing the shape of metal, Lei Ye can do it, and he's very skilled at it. He did it enough in the last save, and he didn't even need a hammer.

Ignite, heat up, start the furnace. Lei Ye memorized the parts on the blueprint with just a glance. It was very simple and it didn't take him long to finish it.

With the cooled finished product, he returned to Hephes's forge, where she was still hammering away in sweat.

Well, I really don't expect to learn anything from her.

"No, take a look, is this it?"

Lei Ye took the finished product over.

Hephes first glanced at it indifferently, then suddenly glanced away in amazement.

"Yes, that's it! Where did you pick it up? It's so accurate."

As her attention left the anvil, she finally felt another source of heat in the room.

She trotted out of her forge and saw the furnace that Lei Ye had set up in the living room, and was completely stunned.

Just like the production tools in the game also have different levels, Hephis's furnace is equivalent to the furnace in the early stage of the game, and Lei Ye's furnace is equivalent to the furnace in the late stage of the game. The raging flames immediately burned Hephis's heart.

"Do you like it? If you like it, I can give it to you," Lei Ye pretended to be nonchalant, "Anyway, I have a spare one myself, but you also know that I plan to live here for a long time, and I also need to make money, so you can give me some of your orders, how about we make money together."

"Give it to me. This is such a powerful stove. Are you really going to give it to me?"

Hephis opened her mouth in disbelief and saw Lei Ye nodded at her. She walked around the furnace twice and then slowly squatted down.

"You feed me, build furniture for me, don't keep asking me to pay you back, and now you give me a new stove. You are so good to me. This is the first time someone has been so good to me besides my mother." She counted on her fingers and quickly gave up. "Oh, oh, I can't pay it back."

"Yeah, it's okay." Lei Ye said casually.

He silently used his magic eyes to look at the other party, and the other party's favorability increased by more than ten points at once.

He sighed.

After what happened yesterday, he knew that Hephis was not treated well in the tribe and had some intellectual problems. It was completely expected that he would get such feedback when he treated her a little better.

There is even a sense of guilt of deceiving a fool, as this is a purposeful and planned way of gaining the other person's friendship.

But he continued asking.

"So where do the orders come from? With me here, our productivity can at least double. You still owe me money, right? I can ask for more orders, and then we can do it together."

"It was given by the witch sisters, but you can't contact them even if you want to. You can only wait for them to contact you. It's all my fault," Hephis said with a frustrated look, "because I haven't been able to complete the order for a long time, and they don't want to believe me anymore."

it is good!
Lei Ye's eyes lit up. It was the first time he heard the word "witch" from the elf's mouth. Grady was right. The elves here were quite easy to deal with. In fact, he had already got a clue the second day after he arrived here.

"What does it mean to just wait for them to contact you?"

Hephis took out a small object from his pocket, and Lei Youye knew what it was at a glance.

It is a gadget similar to a radio, but it can only provide one-way communication.

Now it can be confirmed that there are indeed very capable engineers among the witches.

He waved his hand to interrupt Hephis's explanation of it.

"Okay, if this is the only way to communicate, you must have a way to get the blueprints. How did they send them to you?"

"This," Hephis thought for a moment, with a confused look on his face, "is just delivered directly to me. Suddenly, I appeared in my room, exchanged things, and then left again."

Space magic, forget about this.

"Then you have never been to the witches' residence? Do they just swipe in and out without any entrance or exit? How are ordinary people supposed to get in? Should they be carried in by them?"

"There are entrances and exits. It's strange that you don't know these."

Hephis blinked, "Ah, I see. The elders told us not to tell strange bad guys about witches, but you are neither a stranger nor a bad guy. Come on, I'll take you there."

She took Lei Ye's hand and walked out the door.

(End of this chapter)